Exercises in Derivation. Derivation shows how derivative words are deduced from their primitives. The following may exhibit to the learner some notion of this principle; but the author refers the instructer to the Juvenile Expositor, in which he will find numerous exercises, calculated to lighten his labours, and improve the pupil in an important branch of elementary education. Pay bail A vow in dorse' Words ending in or or er and ee: the former denotes the agent or actor, and the latter, the person to whom an act is done. Mort' gage Mort' ga ger o blige as sign' o bli' ger as sign er Primitive words with two terminations. com mend' Pa' rent per son ob serve' en tice per form De cide' res pect con clude ad vi ser com mend' er pa rent' alt per' son al ob serv' er en ti cer per form er * com mand com mand er de ci' sive t re spect ive con clu sive The termination cred' it a ble t as sail' a ble ad vise a ble man' age a ble commend' a ble pa' rent age || per son age ob serv' ance en tice ment per form ance command ment de ci' sive ly t re spect ive ly con clu sive ly Verbs formed from other words, by the termination ise. Primitive words ending in c, have ian (signifying profession) added in scribe pro scribe tran scribe! Some verbs ending in be, change be into p, before the termination tion." Pre scribe' pre scrip' tion in scrip tion pro scrip tion tran scrip tion su per scrip' tion Words ending ity, denote condition or power. Primitive words ending in t, have ion, added for their derivatives. Some primitive words ending in mit, drop the t, and take ssion for their derivatives.. Per mit re mit ad mit sub mit com mit per mis' sion re mis sion ad mis sion sub mis sion com mis sion Primitive words ending in te,change the e into ion, for their derivatives. Primitive words ending in de, change the termination into son in their derivatives. Primitive words ending in ss, have ion added for their derivatives, sa ga ci ty Nous ending in ty, become adjectives by changing ty into ous. Ra pa'ci ty te na ci ty te na cious ca pa ci ty ca pa cious |